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11 September 2013 | 24 replies
You can also apply stain too soon.
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16 November 2011 | 13 replies
Since I'm a little wierd, I would maybe stain the driveway to jive with the the overall look.
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12 April 2012 | 3 replies
If they are hardwood you could stain them darker and refinish them rather than replacing them.
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17 September 2012 | 21 replies
Or hotel rooms or apartments that reek and have smoke stains all over the walls.
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9 June 2020 | 1 reply
Renovation Pro Forma: $11,430 (labor) + $6000 (materials) + $6000 (HVAC), Estimated Time to Complete: 30-45 daysActual Renovation: $11,610 (labor) + $ 10,581 (materials and HVAC), Time to Complete: 63 daysThe renovation included prepping and staining the hardwood floors, installing new LVT in the kitchen, entryway, and downstairs extra bedroom, painting kitchen cabinets, full interior and exterior paint, installing a new shower pan and fixing tile issues, fixing drywall, building a fence on 1/3 of the property, installing a new HVAC system, and re-finishing some of the concrete driveway and front step.The project was significantly delayed but I’m not sure how much of that can be attributed to the Stay at Home order.
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19 August 2020 | 19 replies
Cats and small animals are generally less of a concern to me but an 8-week old puppy or a high energy husky may turn me away from a tenant since I know there's most likely going to be damage/stains.
16 November 2019 | 39 replies
Your property manager's going to be in like Flynn to wipe sh**stains off YOUR walls.
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27 November 2019 | 4 replies
I recently had a home with carpet that was almost 30 years old but it did not have a single stain, no traffic patters, no runs, no fraying, nothing.
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8 July 2019 | 10 replies
@Jason Staine I can’t get it to work either.
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8 September 2022 | 9 replies
Putting can lights into the tiles changes the whole feeling of them, and if all the tiles are clean and not stained, and if the ceiling feels high enough as it is maybe its worth considering keeping it.